IRNA The Iran-China expert meeting for reviewing challenges and opportunities of the two nations in developing cooperation in maritime and railway transportation was held in the Chinese southern city Iowa on Sunday. At present, over 1,000 Iranian businesspersons are active in China of which 300 are members of the chamber of commerce for Iranian ...

MNA Iran and China have reached initial agreement for dispatch of six freight trains linking Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Irans capital Tehran, by end of 2017. Director of Transportation Department at the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways Ebrahim Mohammadi made the announcement on Thu. in a ceremony ...

Chinese authorities have proposed a high-speed railway connecting its western city of Urumqi to Tehran, the countrys biggest English-language newspaper, China Daily, says. The proposed Silk Road route will connect China to West Asia, stretching from Urumqi and Yining to Almaty in Kazakhstan, Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan, Tashkent and Samarkand in Uzbekistan,...

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TEHRAN (Tasnim) A deal was signed to construct a railroad linking China to Iran via the three Asian countries of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistans Ministry of Transport announced. Xinhua news agency reported that the deal was agreed upon by representatives from the five countries. This project is expected to start from ...